76 BIRDS. 



** Stout species; the bill short and stout, blue-black; both cnlmen 

 and commissure decidedly curved ; a pale stripe running from 

 bill to and around eye; white wing bars; quills blackish, 

 mostly edged with white ; feet stout. {Lardmreo^ Bd.) 



\ Primaries apparently 9. 



4. K flavifrons, (Vieill.) Baird. Yellow -Throated 

 ViREO. Rich olive green above, becoming ashy on 

 rump; bright yellow below; belly white; superciliary 

 line and orbital ring yellow; L. 5^^; W. 3; T. 2. 

 E. U. S., abundant; a brightly colored species. 



XX Primaries evidently 10. 



5. /. so/itar/a, (Wils.) Baird. Blue - Headed Vireo. 

 Solitary Greenlet. Bright olive green; crown and 

 sides of head bluish ash; stripe to and around eye white, 

 a dusky line below it; white below, somewhat washed 

 with pale yellow; L. 5f ; W. 3; T. 2-^. U. S., in wood- 

 land, frequent; a stout, handsome species. 



2. ^/REO, VieiWot. Short -Winged Vireos. 



1. /. noveboracensis, (Gm.) Bonap. White -Eyed 

 Vireo. Bright olive green, white below; sides and 

 crissum bright yellow; pale wing bars; stripe from bill 

 to and around eye, yellow; eyes white; L. 5; W. 2^'.) 

 T. 2^. E. U. S., in thickets; a sprightly bird, with a loud 

 and varied song. 



2, V. belli, Aud. Bell's Vireo. Olive-green, yellow 

 below, chin and superciliary line whitish; wing bars 

 whitish; L. 4i; W» 2^; T. 2. Western, E. to Ills, and 

 Neb. Resembles V. gilva. 



FAMILY XXXII. — LANIID^^. 



{The Shrikes.) 

 Primaries 10, the first short (rarely wanting) ; bill hawk- 

 like, very strong, the upper mandible toothed and ab- 



